Girish Karnad turns down the BJP govt. award
It is indeed inspiriting to note that Girish Karnad, Jnanapeeth awardee (India’s highest literary award) and well known Kannada playwright, has refused to accept the “Puttanna Kanagal award” proposed to be given to him by BJP led…
Will Irom Sharmila Meet Her Mother?
What makes a human being himself or herself is very much determined by the context of the social, genetic and environmental factors apart from the subjective will to make the necessary choices. When I look back, I am sure that I would not have become me,…
10 Years of Sharmila’s Fast
She is Hungry for Justice-Peace-Democracy Repeal AFSPA During the last few decades, the people of North Eastern states and J&K have witnessed severe repression with the implementation of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (1958). Under this law, the…
Kashmir: A horror without end
Almost three years ago when Mr. Omar Abdullah was elected as the chief minister of Kashmir, more than sixty percent of the state’s eligible voters took part in that election, it was a happy moment for the Indian state and the country’s main stream…
India’s Own Economic Hitman
Right from the days of the end of post war boom, when the frantic search for new markets were on, a plot was hatched to place locally bred but globally trained Econocrats all around the world by the three economic terrorist organisations IMF, WB &…